Riad Bey e-Solh

Riad Bey e-Solh (1894-17 July 1951) was the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1943 to 1951, preceding Hussein al-Oweini.

Biography
Riad Bey e-Solh was born in 1894 in Sidon, Ottoman Empire (present-day Lebanon) to a Sunni Muslim family. Riad studied law and political science at Sorbonne University in France and became the Prime Minister of a newly-independent Lebanon in 1943. He agreed with the All-Palestine government of Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini declared in 1948, against the wishes of King Abdullah I of Jordan, who believed that the West Bank should become a part of Transjordan.

Death
Riad Bey e-Solh was assassinated in Beirut by a member of a Syrian extremist nationalist group that wanted Lebanon to become an integral part of Syria. King Abdullah was killed by a Palestinian at his funeral.